Doug Davison Quoted by The Washington Post

[LordEntrails]

In mid-March, when the pandemic began to peak around the world, players flocked to services that accommodate online play. Fantasy Grounds, a virtual tabletop service which licenses D&D content, saw numbers skyrocket. “We saw an initial burst of new users at nearly 15 times our normal rate,” said Doug Davison, president of SmiteWorks USA, which oversees Fantasy Grounds. “It is starting to settle down now, but we are still trending at around 5 times the rate of new user acquisition we saw last year.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/07/24/amid-pandemic-racial-reckoning-dd-finds-itself-an-inflection-point/?fbclid=IwAR38uxDLZy_yZQGxYq1oCWgudAEaA2Q1uB_wC8E4 43azYsTICYaW7LYCYN8

I personally found it a bit of a disconnected article as it seemed to mostly be talking about the recent issues/discussion about evil races and social injustice. But, always good to see Doug and FG getting some main stream exposure.

[Zacchaeus]

The fact that the Washington Post is aware of Fantasy Grounds is interesting :)

I didn't see this in the Forres Gazette :)

[GavinRuneblade]

That's cool that FG is getting publicity. Sometimes it feels like Beyond is the only thing the press cares about or knows about.

[damned]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/07/24/amid-pandemic-racial-reckoning-dd-finds-itself-an-inflection-point/?fbclid=IwAR38uxDLZy_yZQGxYq1oCWgudAEaA2Q1uB_wC8E4 43azYsTICYaW7LYCYN8

I personally found it a bit of a disconnected article as it seemed to mostly be talking about the recent issues/discussion about evil races and social injustice. But, always good to see Doug and FG getting some main stream exposure.

Did you expect anything more from WaPo?

[JohnD]

Journalistic standards at main stream ""news" organizations" are not what they once were. Everything swerves drastically in one direction now.

Nice to see someone reached out to Smiteworks though.

[Valatar]

All I can say is, thank God for Wizards of the Coast's bold new stance on evil races. Without that, I wouldn't have been able to play my non-evil Drow. In 1993. With Unearthed Arcana rules. Which were published in 1985.

[Mytherus]

In regards to the wotc pr thing on evil races et al

The group of players and dms i play with seem to agree it wont change our games. If an evil race fits the narrative (or how an alignment is played) it will still be played the same way regardless what wotc says. The beauty of ttrpg games ...tailoring the experience to your specific story and players.

[Myrdin Potter]

All I can say is, thank God for Wizards of the Coast's bold new stance on evil races. Without that, I wouldn't have been able to play my non-evil Drow. In 1993. With Unearthed Arcana rules. Which were published in 1985.

Or the non-Evil (Chaos) Orc Character in Men and Magic, Vol 1 of the original D&D rules from the mid-70's.

But if writing about this new topic allows Doug to get a good quote in, more power to them.